Experiencing emergency services as a PhD student during the pandemic: an autoethnography of a holistic breakdown

Erika Renedo Illarregi

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Abstract

This paper explores my first hand experience of illness during the first weeks of the pandemic, as a PhD student. Through an auto ethnographic lens, I narrate events which occurred during the month of March 2020. My memories, and their interpretation, continued to transform in the subsequent months, coinciding with the analysis of an earlier set of participants data and writing of the thesis. This paper draws upon such experiences to raise methodological and existential questions in relation to design research and healthcare. The short paper is structured in two parts; the first describes a few memory fragments to help the reader connect with that initial experience, whilst the second discusses the methodological and existential implications alongside a personal reflection, as an invitation for further dialogue within our research community.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)430-439
Number of pages10
JournalDesign for Health
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Dec 2023
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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